It’s another giant month for PlayStation Plus subscribers with early access to one of PSN’s biggest games, great free content, Mass Effect 3 Full Game Trial and much more.

To start, we’re pleased to announce that Journey will be available to purchase 1 week early for PlayStation Plus subscribers. The game releases PSN-wide on 3/13, but you’ll be able to experience the full game tomorrow.

To back up the early access to Journey, you’ll be able to download Sly Cooper and the Thievius Racoonus and Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix on 3/6, free with your subscription! Sly Cooper and the Thievius Racoonus (part of the Sly Collection) Is fully remastered in HD with Trophy support, this is the ultimate version of a true PS2 gem, and is available free to download in Plus. Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix brings the definitive version of the Street Fighter II series and sports an unforgettable roster of fighters, redrawn in HD with online multiplayer to boot.

You’ll also find great specials and discounts this month with two great PlayStation Store events. The voting in this year’s PSN Gamers’ Choice Awards is coming to a close, and for 1 week starting 3/6, Plus subscribers will get a 50% discount on the winning games. If you missed out on any of the winners that were released 2011, that’s the time to grab them. If that wasn’t enough, the Spring Fever event, starting 3/13, features amazing new release PSN Games with discounts and/or exclusive items for Plus subscribers. Additional standalone discounts include special prices on the Bioshock 2 PS3 Full Game, Motorstorm RC, Phineas and Ferb: Across The Second Dimension PS3 Full Game.

As usual, PlayStation Plus subscribers get access to Online Game Saves and more free content than you’ll know what to do with. If you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber, sit back and enjoy this month’s content. If you haven’t seen all that Plus has to offer for yourself, you can go to the PlayStation Store on your PS3 and head to the PlayStation Plus section, or click here to purchase a voucher code online that will be emailed instantly to you to redeem in the PlayStation Store. Some content and/or release dates outlined may change including the addition or removal of content. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below, or continue the discussion on the PlayStation Community forums in the Official PlayStation Plus Update thread.

WOW! I thought I was going broke tomorrow but Im getting Motorstorm RC free and a Sly game free!!! So a free game and (practically) a free platinum! Also I get journey a week early AND unit 13 comes out?!?!!? What will I play first?!?!

Um Jammy Lammy is probably the best part about this month for me. I’ve wanted to play that game for ages, and now I have it with my Plus subscription! woo!

The free games (though I already own them) are definitely great picks.

I can’t wait to see what’s going to be discounted from the Choice Awards and Spring Fever.

As always, keep up the good work.

However, I have one request. If you guys could increase the 150MB cap size for the cloud storage, it would be much appreciated. Games like the Dragon Age series have huge game saves, and I would love to be able to save my multiple characters and such on the cloud.

Awesome, just the other day I was at the store contemplating purchasing the Sly Collection, now I get the first one free.

As others have said, I hope you guys plan to implement PS Plus into the Vita soon. With some of the following features:

– A PS Plus page in the Vita’s Store
– Ability to view all Plus content, including giving us the ability to select content to be downloaded to the PS3 from out Vita
– Discounts on PSP legacy titles
– Ability to view and download the free minis (and later, PS One titles) from the PS Plus Vita page.
– Give PS Plus members the exclusive ability to turn off the music that plays when the Vita Store is open. (Haha, just kidding, we should all have that option).

Whoa Sony Sly Cooper FOR FREE? I’m still playing last months free game,Far cry 2. I might get the collection but thanks guys :) Oh and maybe you can have the first Jak and Daxter free next month… I’m definitely getting that collection but I need something for the wait :P Thanks for a great plus update!!!

Toooo many games! good thing is that iv saved up money for times like this :D
Journey and Motorstorm will be a given, but then you toss Sly Cooper and Streetfigther at me along wit a trail of Mass Effect 3! Damn when will i find time for all these great games!
Now thats a problem i can live with ^^

I’d like to see more free or reduced price content outside of PSN games. Mainly DLC for disc-based games. It seems like during all these sales, like the Gamers Choice or Spring Fever sales, it’s always just games on sale. And PS+ doesn’t offer a whole lot of DLC either. I think the last substantial DLC offering was the Uncharted 2 DLC before U3 released. Why not have a few annual DLC blowout sales? Or have sales to coincide with upcoming games. For example, have a sale on Mass Effect 2’s Arrival DLC to go along with the launch of ME3.

Wow. Playstation Plus is really stepping it up. I joined in December mainly for the online storage, but there have been so many free games lately. The best part is they are games I always hesitated to buy like Street Fighter. I really don’t have time to play all the games, but it’s great to get full games for free – Farcry 2, Sly Cooper, etc. Good stuff!

I love the midnight store updates, they just make it seem more alive. :P Though I can’t recall one since the warhawk / GT prologue days. Will this mean though that all items for the 3/6 update will be up at midnight or only ME3 (truth be told I’m after Journey at midnight not ME3 :P)?

OMG!!!! Is the PSBlog on a mission to make Ugh! Mondays into the best day of the week?? Woot!!! This is just one of those MEGA Awesome PS+ updates!! Have I stressed out how much I like being a PS+ member since day one? (I know, some PS+ updates have been kinda weak but…) The Awesome sauce has been spread all over todays PSBlog!! Thks guys!! My day, is made! Can’t wait for 2morrow!!!!! :D

Ugh. As much as I like being a PS+ member… the deals seem to be coming less and less these days. Simply because you guys take older games and throw them up for free means there is a good chance I already own them. Do you honestly think that people willing to pay for PS+ aren’t the huge media consumers of the PS3 fanbase? It seems like PS+ is catering more to people who barely buy anything.

I am looking forward to Journey, so to have it a week early is nice… but not nearly as nice as free games I don’t own.

We’re working on making Plus more appealing to every single PlayStation gamer. Things like getting Journey early are a start; but also getting more value out of great PlayStation Store events like the GCA sale and the upcomign Spring Fever mean that Plus isn’t just about free games that you may already have. Stay tuned! And thanks for being Plus

Remember this is for the month =) So some of the content in this post will be coming throughout March. We’ll keep you posted as to what exactly is in Plus for the week in the weekly PS Store Update posts every Tuesday.

Not complaining but Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix ? I think I’ve had this game sitting in my history for about 4 or 5 years now just saying keep it fresh nobody likes stale bread so why feed us the super old remake of a remake of an original SSFTHDR is a great great great great grand dad now and I would expect the only way for people to get it is for it to be free well I take back my opening comment I guess I am complaining I guess you spoiled me last month with the simpsons arcade I would have liked to see you continue the arcade theme and maybe give out Xmen arcade this month free I dont think it’s ever been on sale at all(and not for Plus) at least long as I can remember

can u please fix near on vita hasn’t worked for 3 weeks keeps saying error i thought the downtime would fix it but no same thing i play on getting unit 13 tomorrow and u need near for that can u guys please fix thanks.

I have never played any Sly game and hopefully it will be a game I enjoy. As for street fighter most likely I will pick it up but i am not sure if it will be a game that i play much of. It would of been nice to get a 50 percent discount on Journey I feel like the 15 dollar price tag is too much. Especially when I am Alive also releases this week.